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A few years from now, I would like to see a comparison to the counties that increased citizen's carrying concealed and those counties in Tennessee that didn't increase in their citizen's carrying concealed.

I would be willing to bet that East Tennessee would be, as your research has shown, a safer place.

I live in Carter County, and have had a permit for over 10 years. Never had to fire but have had some interesting encounters at times.

I think that the increase may alsos be in part ot the online forum www.tennesseegunowners.com, in which a lot of us gun owners congregate and give each other advice. I have seen an increase of threads along the lines of "I just registered for my permit today!". Hopefully the increase will spread throughout Tennessee.